Trainee Consultant Review
at Arcadis
Internship (1 Month+)
Management Consulting
London
Review Submitted: June 2025
Overall Rating
4.6 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
5/5
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Overview of Role
4.5/5
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Skills Development
4/5
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Support and Guidance
5/5
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Company Culture
4.5/5
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Overall Experience
5/5
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Future Career Prospects
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.
- Individual catch ups and team meetings to discuss progression of projects and work that I am currently doing or supporting - Provide meeting summaries and next steps
- Building slide decks for 1) client bids, 2) visualising the integration of behavioural science into people change unit, 3) development of internal tools and processes.
- Proof read decks
- Independent research to support development of client diagnostic tool
- Present on all hands calls on lessons learned and actionable work development
Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?
Yes given a significant amount of responsibility. Not given projects, required to network and build my own opportunities to projects which positively challenges me to drive my own development and work on projects that I enjoyed.
Led the development of a client proposal and then asked to pitched the proposal to clients in person and ran a workshop taster session.
Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was
5/5
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?
- confidence and communication in the workplace: working with individuals of all levels as well as presenting to clients
- bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical client work - applying knowledge to analyse data and synthesise high level concepts into actionable insights
- ownership of personal development
- collaboration on various projects
How would you rate the training provided during your experience?
3/5
How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?
5/5
How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?
5/5
Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development
5/5
Support and Guidance
How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?
Minimal guidance - on the one hand this significantly developed my confidence and networking abilities as I was required to find my own projects and drive my own development. Required me to ask myself what I wanted out of the internship rather than mindlessly completing tasks. On the other hand, there was a lack of structure and some mandatory elements of expectations could have been communicated better as I was left to identify these elements myself.
How would you rate the support and guidance from your line manager?
3/5
How would you rate the support and guidance from the wider team?
5/5
Company Culture
What was the company culture and general atmosphere like?
Great company culture, friendly people and a priority on psychological safety which made it a great place to develop and grow my early career. Due to hybrid working the office atmosphere is sometimes great when people are in and sometimes I was the only one in the office.
How would you rate the inclusiveness of the culture?
5/5
How would you rate the social opportunities?
5/5
How would you rate the diversity initiatives?
5/5
How would you rate the charity, sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives?
5/5
Overall Experience
To what extent did you enjoy your placement / internship?
Really enjoyed my internship - having connected with great people and having been given the opportunity to work on some challenging and interesting internal projects. While the lack of structure was initially challenging it fuelled significant personal and professional development which was very valuable.
Please rate your level of enjoyment on your placement / internship
4/5
Please rate how your experience met your expectations
5/5
Future Career Prospects
Please rate the future employment prospects at Arcadis
5/5
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Arcadis to a friend?
Yes
What advice would you give to others applying to Arcadis
Don't be afraid to step out of your comfort zone and put yourself out there, due to the super friendly and open nature the company is set up to fail fast - learn fast. There is a lot of opportunity for directing your own development so speak up and share your thoughts and opinions.
